Europe in Crisis
I returned from a roasting day on the beach at sunny Bridlington - on the Yorkshire coast to read reports of "Europe in Crisis" due to failed talks on the budget.
Shock horror that France is pursuing its national interests - and thankfully so is Britain.
Am I the only one to find it slightly ironic that literally days ago many commentators suggested that the voters who had chance to say no to the European Constitution got it wrong and that the European project had to move forward.
Now all of a sudden national differences have come to the fore and the European Project is not so "hunky dory" as was once thought.
The nation state may well have a shelf life - but I don't believe that time has yet come. The French may not want us to have our rebate - but the fishermen left at Bridlington are probably not too keen to subside French farming either!
Viva la difference.
Shock horror that France is pursuing its national interests - and thankfully so is Britain.
Am I the only one to find it slightly ironic that literally days ago many commentators suggested that the voters who had chance to say no to the European Constitution got it wrong and that the European project had to move forward.
Now all of a sudden national differences have come to the fore and the European Project is not so "hunky dory" as was once thought.
The nation state may well have a shelf life - but I don't believe that time has yet come. The French may not want us to have our rebate - but the fishermen left at Bridlington are probably not too keen to subside French farming either!
Viva la difference.
posted by Jonathan Sheppard @ 11:02 pm
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